User blog comment:Snowstripe the Fierce/The Mercenaries' War/@comment-26538658-20151124003822/@comment-1298206-20151201215835

''Abscon agreed with Whitefur. The squirrel would have to prove that he could be trusted. Trust wasn't given away freely to anybeast who showed up. Trust was earned. The others would learn that in time, as Abscon was still skeptical of their motives.''